Supreme Court Judgment clarifies the law on relationship and cohabitation requirements for residence card applicants as the Defacto Partners of EU citizens The Supreme Court recently delivered Judgment in the case of Muhammad Pervaiz v The Minister for Justice and Equality, Ireland and the Attorney General. This case concerns the interpretation and application of relationship [...]
Sinnott Solicitors frequently assists clients who have faced the prospect of their residence permission being revoked, and we help clients to navigate this complicated and often stressful period in their lives. All non-nationals wishing to be in the State must have the appropriate legal permission to enter and remain in the State. Non-EEA nationals who [...]
Marriage of convenience revocation and refusals in EU Treaty Rights cases Sinnott Solicitors receive many queries from Applicant’s whose residence card has either been revoked or the Applicant may be faced with a threat of revocation of their residence card because the Department of Justice are of the opinion that the Applicant has entered into [...]
Update on Visa Applications to Ireland: The Immigration Service Delivery released another FAQ document regarding the Impact of COVID-19 on Immigration and International Protection – updated 12th of June 2020. The changes in this update primarily relate to visa applications and visas which were issued prior to the 15th of March 2020. Previously the [...]
Retention of EU Residence permission following marriage breakdown, death or departure of an EU Citizen. Sinnott Solicitors receive numerous queries from clients regarding their immigration status when certain unavoidable situations arise affecting their EU Treaty Rights residence permission. This is usually the case when an person obtained an EUFAM 4 residence permission to remain in [...]
Revocation of Irish citizenship notification: Over the past number of years Sinnott Solicitors have seen a stark increase in cases where individuals who have been granted Irish Citizenship through naturalisation have received notifications of intention to revoke their citizenship by the Department of Justice and Equality. Whilst previously it was most uncommon for Certificates of [...]
Update on Submitting Citizenship Applications to the Department of Justice Since the Immigration Service Delivery released their last FAQ document regarding the Impact of Covid-19 on Immigration and International Protection dated 28 May 2020, there has been a lot of confusion in terms of citizenship applications and whether or not individuals should proceed to submit [...]
Criminal conviction for man who was granted Irish citizenship using false identity. On the 22nd May 2020, an Albanian man was sentenced to three years in prison for making a false declaration on his Irish Citizenship Application which subsequently resulted in him being granted Irish Citizenship. This case is the first conviction of its kind [...]
For the second time this week The Immigration Service Delivery have updated the FAQ document regarding the Impact of COVID-19 on Immigration and International Protection – updated 28th of May 2020. The key difference between this and the FAQ document published earlier this week relates to Citizenship applications (paragraphs 103 and 104 of the FAQ [...]
The Immigration Service Delivery have updated the FAQ document regarding the Impact of COVID-19 on Immigration and International Protection – updated 26th of May 2020. The update deals with English language students who were resident on a student permission but who left the State as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and those who have [...]
